Month: March 2013

May 2012 IDC at BSB and the PADI IE The Instructor Development Course (IDC) is a 20 odd day program that prepares you to take up the Instructor Examination (IE) which is conducted directly by PADI staff. Once you complete the IE, you are certified as an Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI), one of the … Read more Taking the PADI IE

May 2012 First views, Sanur-Tulamben, Bali After many months of looking forward with nervous excitement, I was had my first views of Bali stepping off the plane; the weather was lovely, cool and breezy, very different from hot Malaysia, where I had been for a month. I had gone back to Sealantis in Tioman, for … Read more Arriving at Blue Season Bali

PART 3 March 2012 Amazing! Made it to the newspapers in Bangalore! My quest on the pages of City Express, the City section of The New Indian Express dated 21 March 2012 Best Dive Job 2012 on the front page of Bengaluru Chronicle, the City Tabloid of Deccan Chronicle dated 7 March 2012 Best Dive Job … Read more Best Dive Job 2012 (Part 3)

January 2012 The PADI Growth Chart Diving in India Netrani Island, Murudeshwar The start of the New year, 2012, waiting expectantly for the results of the Best Dive Job 2012, and there was my first opportunity to dive as a professional…yup, travel, accommodation, food and best of all… diving!!! Thanks to Planet Scuba India, I … Read more Trip on a Dhoni…

PART 1 July-December 2011 Hosted by Blue Season Bali, Indonesia What is the Best Dive Job Competition? Quite simply, a competition to WIN the opportunity of a lifetime! Statistics show that some 70% of you reading this page now are doing so from work. Look around you. What is stopping you from changing your own … Read more Best Dive Job 2012 (Part 1)